LibGuides: Archival Collections: Chemists & Society

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Chemists both act upon society and are acted upon by society. The materials listed in this guide illustrate the social aspects of life as a chemist and also how the work of chemists leaves its mark upon the society they are part of.

Second International Congress on Catalysis, 1960

Heinz Heinemann Photograph Albums, Science History Institute Archives. Object ID 2013.038.003c-d.

List of Collections

ACS Analytical Chemistry
ACS Division of Chemical Education
1931-1986 (bulk 1960-1979)
ACS Division of Chemical History
ACS Division of Chemical Information
1949-
ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry
1948-
ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
1909-1992 (bulk 1959-1981)
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
1959-1979 (bulk 1934-1983)
ACS Division of Petroleum Chemistry
ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry
Norbert Bikales
ACS Health and Safety
ACS Marketing and Economics
ACS National Chemical Landmarks Program
ACS New York Section
Minutes of meetings of the American Chemical Society New York Section, 1892-1942.
ACS Small Business Administration
Addenda to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Records, 1965-1995
Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity, Gary Anderson
Alpha Chi Sigma Grand Chapter Records
American Association of Clinical Chemists
The Louise O. Simonson files, 1975-1980.
Files are concerned with public events involving the AACC and pending government legislation in which the AACC took an active interest.
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
1908-1946
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Van Antwerpen
The Papers of Franklin J. Van Antwerpen, 1954-1980 (bulk 1970-1979)
American Institute of Chemists, New Jersey Section
The collection consists of materials amassed by Homer J. Hall during his years as an officer in the American Institute of Chemists (AIC) and in the New Jersey Section of the AIC (NJIC). 1963-1991.
American Institute of Chemists, Records 1923-2001 (bulk 1970-2000)
A collection of correspondence and documents generated by the American Institute of Chemists.
American Institute of Chemists miscellaneous material, 1979-1980
A collection of A.I.C. gathered by Homer J. Hall during the period 1979 -1980 when he was serving as secretary to that organization.
American Society for Testing and Measurement, Jerome Schapiro
American Society of Public Analysts
1884-1885 Minutes of Meetings. c. late 19th century testing of water, milk, beer.
Arthur Fenner Brown Jr. Notebook.
Arthur S. Obermeyer
SBIR/ Bayh-Dole Patent Act
Barbara H. Ullyot, American Chemical Society
Battelle Memorial Institute brochures, 1953-1959
The collection consists of five unrelated pamphlets: The Battelle Family,1953, Battelle what it is, how it operates, 1961, Literature Contributions, 1961, 1964, Research at Battelle Memorial Institute,1957 and Research in Chemistry, 1959.
CAWIA of IUPAC
Charles C. Price Photograph Collection
1942-1978, (bulk 1940-1950s). Photographs related to the career and personal life of Charles C. Price.
Charles G. Overberger, CHEMRAWN
CHEMRAWN (Chemical Research Applied to World Needs) IUPAC Program.
Chemical Alliance
Chemical Bonding Approach, H. Anthony Neidig
Neidig C.B.A. materials. 1940-1995.
CBA was a program for teaching high school-level chemistry.
Chemical Bonding Approach, Laurence E. Strong
Papers of Laurence E. Strong 1942-1949, 1957-1967.
Chemical Bonding Approach, Marco Scheer
Scheer C.B.A. materials 1959-1968.
Chemical Club of Philadelphia
Chemical Education Material Study, Joseph Schmuckler
The CHEMStudy Materials in the Papers of Joseph S. Schmuckler, 1960-1969.
Chemical Education Material Study.
The CHEM Study Program Collection 1960-1991 bulk 1960-1974.
Chemical Foundation
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Chemistry in the Community, Frank X. Sutman
Evaluation report of the field testing component of Chemistry in the community (CHEMCOM), 1986.
Chemists' Club
Records of the Chemists' Club, 1896-1997.
Chemists's Club & American Chemical Society Diamond Jubiliee Materials
Material from the 1952 anniversary.
Chinese American Chemical Society
Chinese American Chemical Society, Jesse C. Hwa
Jesse C. Hwa notebooks and memoir 1943-1998.
Founded the Chinese American Chemical Society.
Electrochemical Society
Ernest M. May, GATT related testimony
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization), 1964-1972.
A Facsimile of the Original Signature Book, National Academy of Sciences, United States of America
Foil A. Miller Photograph Collection
Infrared spectroscopists and professional conferences
Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter
Fritz Mindermann Papers
Fun and Profit at the Endless Frontier Manuscript
Autobiography of James Johnston Pyle.
Gabor B. Levy
The Papers of Gabor B. Levy, 1896-1999 (bulk 1940-1990)
Scientific journalism
Heinz Heinemann Photograph Albums
International Congress on Catalysis
Human Engineering Foundation, Howard B. Bishop
Papers of Howard B. Bishop, 1885-1963 (bulk 1902-1960)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
1919-1965.
IUPAC Photograph Collection
Photographs of IUPAC officers and conferences
The James J. Broderick Papers
John Sheets, ACS Project SEED Program.
Joseph Bunnett
Scientific journalism
Louis Fieser Photograph Collection
Photographs documenting the informal activities of Louis Fieser, his wife Mary, and select students in the early 1950s while a professor of organic chemistry at Harvard University.
Manufacturing Chemists Association, Letter Books
Martin S. Frant Papers
Mining Club
Records of the Mining Club, 1903-2000.
North American Catalysis Society
Records of the North American Catalysis Society 1956 - 1998 (bulk 1960-1990)
The Papers of Barbara H. Ullyot
Papers of Robert S. Shayne
Photographs from the Papers of Howard B. Bishop
Photographs from the life and career of Howard Berkely Bishop, a chemist, photographer and inventor.
Photographs from the Records of the Chemists' Club
Photographs and lantern slides depicting group members, events and building associated with The Chemist’s Club in New York City.
Pioneer of Little River
Biography of Charles H. Pritham.
Records of the American Chemical Society Committee on Divisional Activities
Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Cellulose Chemistry.
Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Marketing and Economics.
Records of the American Chemical Society Division of Organic Coatings and Plastics Chemistry.
Records of the American Chemical Society National Headquarters.
The Robert B. Woodward Collection.
The Robert B. Woodward Research File.
Robert William Vicarey Oral History Materials
Science in American Life Exhibition Files
Science in American Life exhibition files (Lang)
Sir Humphrey Davy Letter to a Friend, 29 September, 1808
Sir Isaac Newton Notes for a Family Genealogy
Societe de Chimie Industrielle, Ernest Gillmont
Society of Science Society Presidents
Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Records.
Streetlights Named Distinctive Scrapbook
Wilfred F. Langelier Papers.
The Wilhelm Lewicki Collection
Wilson College Chemists Club
Witco Stamp Collection
A collection of international postage stamps and philatelic material depicting various aspects of chemistry and related sciences.